Devices/Gadgets

The HTC Flyer was released back in May with Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a number of users have been waiting for the Android HoneyComb upgrade. Just recently, HTC has started rolling out the Android 3.2 Honeycomb firmware for its Flyer tablet. It is available as an OTA update and weighs about 210-211MB.

There is a lot of restructuring going on right now at Sony Ericsson since Sony announced that it is buying out the shares of Ericsson in the company back in October. Among the new changes include changing the Sony Ericsson name to simply “Sony” by mid-2012.

Toshiba Singapore Digital Products & Services Group last month unveiled the company’s first Android powered tablets, the 10-inch REGZA Tablet AT100 and the 7-inch REGZA Tablet AT1S0 in Malaysia. Both tablets runs Android HoneyComb and powered by a dual-core 1Ghz processor. The REGZA AT100 comes with HDMI, USB 2.0 ports and an SD card slot. Meanwhile the smaller REGZA AT1S0 comes ...

Just yesterday, we bumped into one of our Apple Malaysia friend and was asked about our iPhone 4S sources. Of course we said nothing because we want to continue giving you the latest update on Malaysia iPhone 4S. We are excited about the iPhone 4S launch, like you and just like the hundreds & thousands Malaysians out there. These hundreds ...

Sales of the BlackBerry PlayBook continues to fall despite Research in Motion(RIM) selling the PlayBook for about half its original price. Sales of the PlayBook exceeded 150,000 in the third quarter, down from about 500,000 in the first quarter and 250,000 in the second quarter. RIM claims it has a high level of BlackBerry PlayBook inventory and noted that its ...

It has been confirmed that Maxis, Celcom & DiGi would start offering the Apple iPhone 4S in Malaysia on December 16. If you missed this, we were 1st to report the Malaysia iPhone 4S launch date last month and we also revealed the expected Retail Pricing of the iPhone 4S in Malaysia. Check it out here. Maxis started accepting registration ...

Google has just announced the latest version of its Google Maps for Android. Version 6.0 offers indoor mapping and navigation which allow users to find their way in shopping malls, airports, etc. Google has initially partnered with some of the largest retailers, airports and transit stations in the U.S. and Japan, full list below:

The Australian Federal Court has upheld Samsung’s appeal against a previous injunction preventing sales of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia. Apple has appealed the decision to the High Court, but Samsung will now be confident that it can get its tablets into retail stores in time for Christmas. Depending on the final decision of the High Court, the ...

IPCom, who had sued HTC back in 2009 and managed to get an injunction against them could end up banning the sales of HTC 3G devices in Germany, one of the largest smartphone markets in Europe. The German patent firm has ordered HTC to stop selling all of its 3G devices in Germany today after the Taiwanese phone maker withdrew ...

Samsung Electronics announced that its new Bada flagship, the Samsung S8600 Wave 3 will be available in global markets. It will first launch in France and later will be rolled out to Germany, Italy, Russia and other global markets(possibly Malaysia) within this year. Announced late August, the Wave 3 has a 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, powered by a 1.4GHz processor. ...

A recent survey revealed that Apple has the most loyal mobile users compared to Android & BlackBerry. Some 84 percent of iPhone users said they would pick iPhone again when they replace their smartphone. In comparison, 60 percent Android users and only 48% BlackBerry users will remain loyal to their existing smartphone operating system.

Share with BlackBerry Malaysia your application idea and be on your way to Singapore to attend the BlackBerry DevCon Asia! Happening from 7th to 8th December 2011 at the Suntec International Convention Centre,  Singapore, the BlackBerry Developer Conference is the showcase for the latest innovations and breakthroughs with the BlackBerry Development Platform. Here’s your chance to win full conference passes ...

Sales of the Nokia Lumia 800 could be doing better than we previous reported. Now we have some sites claiming that demand for the Nokia Lumia 800 is high compared to what two analysis predicted previously. The Nokia Lumia 800 is the second most popular smartphone in the Vodafone UK website, behind the black iPhone 4S. Similarly the Nokia Lumia ...

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus will retail for RM1699 in Malaysia, same price as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. So far, we know that Celcom, Maxis and U Mobile are interested to offer this new tablet. The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus(P6200) runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb and has a dual core 1.2Ghz Exynos CPU. It has a 7″ PLS LCD ...

BlackBerry Malaysia today announced that the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 will be available in Malaysia early December via Brightstar Malaysia. [(L-R) BlackBerry Curve 9380 & BlackBerry Bold 9790] The BlackBerry Bold 9790 runs BlackBerry 7 OS, along with a 1GHz processor. It has 768MB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage & supports micro SD card up ...